Here is how the 49ers (9-4) graded in their 19-17 home win over the Seattle Seahawks (11-2):

Pass offense: Anquan Boldin and Michael Crabtree are starting to look like the formidable tandem as expected before Crabtree’s Achilles injury. An 11th touchdown for Vernon Davis, whose 51 career touchdowns rank him eighth among tight ends in NFL history. Colin Kaepernick’s 67.5 passer rating was his lowest in a victorious start, and his two sacks came on third-down plays in the fourth quarter. Mario Manningham didn’t catch any of the four contested passes that came his way. How is a fullback (no disrespect to Bruce Miller) their third leading receiver? Grade: C+

Run offense: What a great sight to see Frank Gore bust loose for a 51-yard run on the game-winning drive. Gore’s tempered his recent frustration with a determined outlook that the 49ers would get on a roll (see: three-game win streak). Kaepernick’s best run was the 8-yard sweep that preceded the winning field goal, and it made up for a 7-yard loss he endured on a third-and-2, read-option keeper. Grade: A

Pass defense: The 49ers got away a couple times with giving Russell Wilson too much time to throw, but he was just 7-of-14 for 55 yards after halftime. His final heave got intercepted by Eric Wright. Tramaine Brock had a nice, third-down pass defense and Carlos Rogers’ eight tackles were the 49ers’ second-most behind NaVorro Bowman’s nine. Patrick Willis’ coverage against tight ends is a concern that’s resurfaced. Grade: B

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Run defense: Just when it looked like Marshawn Lynch was going to have a banner day, he gained only 22 of his 72 yards after halftime, so the 49ers still haven’t allowed a 100-yard rusher this season. Glenn Dorsey, Ahmad Brooks, Aldon Smith and Eric Reid had tackles on Lynch that forced the Seahawks to settle for a fourth-quarter field goal after reaching the 13-yard line. Grade: A

Special teams: Phil Dawson got a chance to win a game, and he nailed his 22-yard try. Dawson made his three earlier attempts and owns the franchise record by making 20 consecutive field-goal attempts. Kassim Osgood blocked a punt and Bubba Ventrone smothered Golden Tate at the 16-yard line on the kickoff after Dawson’s winning field goal. Tate, however, had a 38-yard punt return that set up a go-ahead field goal earlier in the fourth quarter. Grade: A-

Coaching: Clock-management issues and maddening timeouts were overshadowed by the magnificent winning drive, which included Greg Roman’s timely play calls producing Gore’s 51-yard run and Kaepernick’s Alex Smith-esque sweep. Vic Fangio’s defense and tact are so consistently great that he merits consideration for head-coach openings. No grade given here can top the familiar satisfaction Jim Harbaugh must feel in beating rival Pete Carroll. Grade: A-

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Still worried about Kaep. We’re not going to win in the playoffs if he doesn’t clean up his game.

Nima Shomali

AGREED

lulucaliente

We? You are obviously not a 49er fan if you can watch that game and come away with anything but gratitude. That kid played his heart out yesterday, kept his team poised, calm and focused, go back to Seattle poser.

marty

I’m an old 49ers fan, I rememberthe days we had the best QBs in the NFL. 49ers won big games with these guys. Now the 49ers win in spite of the QB. Kaepernick performances will not win a game in Seattle. If the 49ers can get that far. The defense can only carry the offense so far. Time will tell.

Arthur Cruzada

Yes we’re not questioning his heart but his judgment calls on the field if he’s forced to change the plays. The Seahawks isn’t in a do-or-die situation like us yet they somehow find a way to disrupt our offense. And we all know IF we ever have to face them in Seattle it’s going to be a different ball game, and we need Kap to work on his reads faster and decisively. Our offense between now and unto the playoffs should start getting the momentum.

lulucaliente

The offense put the points on the board. It was a team effort, and the leader of the team is undisputedly the QB. Crabs isn’t back to 100% and the Seattle pass defense is one of the best in the league, and yet Kap got yards. Winning in Seattle is very doable, you just have to rattle Wilson and get Crabs back up to 100% and Manningham couldn’t catch a ball to save his life. Old 49er fan I doubt it because you would remember that #16 and #8 had their own learning curves. Remember Steve Young getting benched, yeah you were probably a 49 whiner even then.

808Oahu

The Hawks come to S.F. And make it a very close game.
Niners go to Seattle and get blown out.
That’s scary.
And yes Marty your absolutely correct IF we get that far to meet the Hawks in Seattle.
With our offensive struggles, I don’t think we beat Seattle in Seattle this year in the playoffs.

808Oahu

Sound like their are few haters.
I don’t think anyone here is to bash our team.
People are just making their opinions.
If our team wasn’t ranked so low on offense and we could put up points then it would be different.
We all agree that our D is not our worries.
And yeah it’s true, we can’t count on the defense to carry us through.

Look at the game this past weekend.
Three straight field goals and no TD’s.

Zummies

Calm down, scrub.

lulucaliente

bite me pinhead.

Zummies

“Wow, what a childish response.”

…said by you a couple days ago. Hipocrate much? Derp.

lulucaliente

At least I know how to spell.

NinerED

The game in Seattle was still 9-7 SEA in the 4th quarter, until a few plays got away from the offense and the defense couldn’t hold any longer without any support/points from the offense. The D did a good job of holding til the 4th, but the 3 and outs on offense were killers!

if SF makes it up there again, it’ll be closer than people project. Then what will Loud Mouth Sherman’s excuses be?

Zummies

“Wow, what a childish response.”

Hey, now that you got the spelling down, you can focus on punctuation. Got a lot to clean up there, partner.

Anyway, I’ll let the big Niner fan get back to dogging on other… Niner fans. Kudos to you, super fan.

lulucaliente

I am not your partner, thank god, if I was I’d have my head in the oven.

marty

It should worry you, Chicago has a very explosive offense & the 49ers is the worst in the NFL. If Gore goes down, the 49ers are finished.
Trestman, a former 49er coach has turned Chicago’s offense into one of the best, with a career back up QB. Jim, a former Chicago QB, has turned the 49ers passing offense into the worst in the NFL. Kaepernick is accomplishing the impossible. People are starting to miss Alex. Alex completed 65% of his passses, not 50%. Alex could complete short passes to the RBs, never thought I would welcome check down passes.